Have you ever started something just for fun and ended up completely changing the direction of your life?

That is exactly what happened to my guest Erika Gianni. What began as a creative branding workshop to build an Instagram page for her cat led to building a Notion life management dashboard with Claude, studying AI at executive level through MIT, and becoming an AI trainer herself through our AI for Non-Techies programme.

In this episode, we talk about how she got started, how she uses AI tools day to day, and what she has learnt about operations, visibility, and human-centred AI adoption along the way.

If you have ever felt overwhelmed by templates, unsure where to start, or wondered how to use AI in a way that fits your life, this one is for you.

Erika is warm, practical, and brilliantly honest about what works and what does not.

"Creation is so important in somebody's AI journey” — Erika Gianni

You’ll hear about:

• How a cat started her AI journey
• A creative workshop that covered AI ethics
• MIT theory vs hands-on generative AI
• Building a Notion dashboard with Claude
• Voice tools for on-the-go brain dumps
• Why visibility drives better decisions
• AI output vs talking to real humans
• From AI learner to AI trainer

Episode Resources:

Notion https://www.notion.so

Claude https://claude.ai

Midjourney https://www.midjourney.com

Gamma https://gamma.app

Letterly (voice notes app) https://letterly.app

Whisper Flow https://whisperflow.app

Zapier https://zapier.com

Make (formerly Integromat) https://www.make.com

Connect With Erika Gianna:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikagianni/

Connect With Me:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/accessible-ai/

AI For Non Techies on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-for-non-techies/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heather_aifnt/?hl=en

AI for Non-Techies - https://nontechies.ai/home

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@aifornontechies

Become an AI trainer - https://nontechies.ai/become-an-ai-trainer/

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